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Why don´t students study? Procrastination, amotivation, teacher-effect, time investment

´Not studying´, although a seemingly straightforward problem, comes in many forms and has a range of potential antecedents. Three new studies investigated the question: Why don´t students study? The Results are published in the abstract-book of the International Conference on Motivation 2012.

The first paper explores the role of self-efficacy and autonomous motivation on academic procrastination in an Israeli elementary school. Regression analysis revealed that students with both high and low self-efficacy procrastinate less often when adopting an autonomous orientation towards their studies. These results suggest that improving students´ self-efficacy is not sufficient to address procrastination issues in early schooling. A more autonomous orientation towards independent study is related to less procrastination and therefore an essential part of any answer to this question.

The second paper examines amotivation in the context of compulsory e-learning at an university in Japan. Students reported themselves as being amotivated by effort belief related reasons. After controlling for prior ability and self-concept, female students were less likely to be amotivated and teachers had a significant effect on students´ amotivation. Results suggest that teachers have the responsibility to and can be efficacious in ameliorating the negative effect of effort beliefs towards studying online.

The final research was carried out at a German university. Researchers aimed to confront the fact that many students are unwilling to invest the time necessary to learn effectively. Person-centered analysis resulted in five groups of students. Students with the negative learning motivation group had surprisingly high achievement and reported investing considerable time in their studies. It is theorized that students exhibiting amotivation for their studies may employ time strategies to compensate for their maladaptive motivational regulation ...




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